ID card of Israeli athlete killed in Munich returned

ID card of Israeli athlete killed in Munich returned

Lest we forget: Bud Greenspan

Legendary sports documentary maker Bud Greenspan dies at 84.

Revisiting the 1936 Olympics

Through the thoughtful words of Norman Berdichevsky in the New English Review.

Tough Jews

Israeli athletes Nir and Tal Moriah.

A long-overdue tribute

Margaret Bergmann Lambert gets an overdue honor.

Jewish Olympics, eh?

(It’s all right, I’m part Canadian; I can make fun.) Canada Israel — “Celebrating all that is similar and unique about our two amazing countries” — ran this wrap-up on the Israeli participants in the just-completed games.

Heavy lifting?

Ha’aretz ran this story about the Israeli husband-and-wife weightlifters, Marina Ohman and Anatoliy Mushyk, hopefuls for the next Olympic games.

The next generation of Jewish Olympians?

Maccabi Games, Aug. 1-6, in Omaha.

Mazel tov, Steve Mesler

Mesler was a member of the U.S. bobsled (bobsleigh?) team that took the Gold Medal on Saturday. I’d be interested in an explanation of why driver receives top billing: “ Steven Holcomb’s USA 1 won the United States’ first Olympic bobsleigh gold…” etc. Granted, the two guys in the middle don’t really seem to be [...]

Mo’ Jews, mo’ Jews, mo’ Jews

New MOTs at the Olympics: who knew?